The Voice of the Giant: Let George Do It (July 31, 1950)

“The Voice of the Giant” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 31, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired to investigate the mysterious situation at an old manor house where a young woman named Charlotte has suddenly demanded an annulment from her new husband Walter Stanton just two weeks after a hastily arranged wedding. When George arrives, he finds Charlotte withdrawn and her father recently deceased, while an enormous nine-foot-tall clock—the titular Giant—dominates the household and hasn't stopped running for three centuries.

A country manor house with a collection of clocks, including a massive nine-foot-tall clock called the Giant; a small train station and neighboring farm in the countryside.

Characters: George Valentine, Charlotte, Walter Stanton, Uncle Kyle, Charlotte's father

Listen for: The explanation for Charlotte's sudden annulment demand and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her father's death and the family's obsession with time and clocks.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.